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Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Schema Infectious ... COPD, Sinusitis, Bronchiectasis ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential #Algorithm
Diagnostic approach to acute exacerbation in interstitial lung disease.  Abbreviation: ILD, interstitial lung disease; GGO,
lung disease. ... lung disease; GGO ... glass opacity; CT ... #Algorithm #Acute ... #Lung #Disease
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... progressive dyspnea and cough ... , Beomycin • Acute ... #Lung #Diseases
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Dyspnea (underlying lung ... disease or CHF) ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... History of cancer, lung
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Dysrhythmia • Ischemia ... • Asthma • Bronchiectasis ... • Cancer • Interstitial ... lung disease Vasculature
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
friction rub audible Lungs ... pleural effusion on CXR ... tends to cause interstitial ... lung disease/pulmonary ... Dyspnea + dry cough
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Symptoms: • Chronic cough ... Connective tissue diseases ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
considered, like acute ... a patient with cough ... this is nodular interstitial ... lung disease, that ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR